Listed by Madeline Hult Elghanayan

Days on market: 5072

One of a kind sunny Shigeru Ban duplex loft. 4th FLOOR: Double height living room with 20 ceilings and a upwardly pivoting glass wall that opens to the large Loggia/terrace with Shigeru Ban designed perforated metal shutters and Empire State Building views. Shigeru Ban custom kitchen/dinning area with white matte lacquer Italian cabinetry, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Viking wall oven, Viking 6 burner stainless steel cook top, Fisher Pakel drawer dishwasher, Miele hood and a Sub-Zero wine refrigerator. Spacious library/3 Bedroom with large South facing balcony/terrace. Bianco Dolomiti marble bathroom with stall shower and Shigeru Ban vanity. 5th FLOOR: Sunny Master bedroom with South facing balcony, wall of Shigeru Ban closets and a large spa bath with Bianco Dolomiti marble, Shigeru Ban designed corian double vanity, large soaking tub, glass-enclosed stall shower and fixtures from Dornbracht. Second bedroom with one suit bath with Bianco Dolomiti marble, Shigeru Ban vanity, large soaking tub and fixtures from Dornbracht and a large custom walk in closet. * The second bedroom has an additional private entrance from the keyed locked elevator. DETAILS: 20ft - 10ft Floor to ceiling windows. Custom Pianca white lacquer cabinet and 55 Samsung flat screen TV with Bose entertainment surround system in living room. Custom built in white lacquer Pianca desk and cabinets in library. White oak flooring throughout. Great storage. Central AC and heating. Miele Washer /dryer in unit. Apartment Features: North exposure, South exposure, West exposure, Balcony, Terrace, Full garden view, Partial city view, Partial skyline view, Floors - hardwood, Light - excellent, Windows - oversized, Windows - new, Marble bath, Storage space, Walk in closets, Great closet space, Washer/dryer, Dishwasher, Wheelchair accessible Building Features:

Listed by Laurence Levy-Lambert

Days on market: 4049

SHORT TERM Available until April 30th 2015 Duplex loft on the 4th Floor of the Shigeru Ban designed Metal Shutter Houses. The first level consists of the spacious living room, the open kitchen and a large bedroom with a South-facing balcony and a full marble bathroom.The bedroom can double as a library or den with its built in sliding doors and white lacquer desk. The living room boasts 20' ceilings and an upwardly pivoting glass wall that exposes an 80sqf terrace. The kitchen features white matte lacquer cabinets, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Viking wall oven, Viking 6 burner stainless steel cook top, Fisher Paykel drawer dishwasher, Miele hood and a Sub-Zero wine refrigerator. The second floor includes a large master and third bedroom. The master bedroom has a South-facing balcony, a wall of closets and an en suite marble bathroom. The third bedroom features a large walk in closet and versatile retractable window wall, which overlooks the living room. White oak flooring throughout the unit with heated floor in the living area, 5 zones Central AC/heating, and Miele washer/dryer, a wall hung Samsung 8000 Series 55" Plasma TV and Bose Lifestyle V35 Home Entertainment System. You can enter the unit by key lock elevator on both floors (4th and 5th). 24 hour doorman with concierge services.

Listed by Holly Parker

Days on market: 3759

A rare opportunity to reside in this high end, high tech, living sculpture, Metal Shutter House; A masterpiece designed by famous Japanese architect Shingeu Ban. This sensational three bedroom, three bath home is Ban's first United States residential building and is one of only 9 luxury units in this superb location. The stunning floor-through, contemporary duplex of 1,950 square feet offers a double height loggia with a custom, electronically controlled, perforated metal shutter, designed by Ban himself. The upwardly pivoting full glass wall opens the double height living space completely to the North facing terrace creating a blended sense of indoor/outdoor living. The North facing terrace has incredible views the Empire State Building, the High Line, and the Hudson River. Each floor also features a South facing balcony, for a total of 3 balconies. The building features and 24 hour doorman and concierge services. You will be surrounded by incredible art galleries, world renowned architecture, and a chic lifestyle fit for a true New Yorker.

Listed by Janice Chang

Days on market: 4135

As recently profiled in the New York Times and New Yorker, Metal Shutter House, designed by Shigeru Ban (Winner of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize), take its name from two distinct features, the motorized perforated shutters that cover the two major facades of the building and the retractable walls of glass that create a continuity between interior and exterior space. Rarely available for immediate occupancy, this spectacular ultra modern duplex apartment, 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2,695 s.f. interior space and 186 s.f private terrace at Metal Shutter Houses is an architecture of resourcefulness and personal freedom. Open the great room's 20' tall electronically controlled pivoting wall of glass to create your own private realm interposed between interior and exterior space. Apartment features include: Private floor entry, double height great room, Shigeru Ban designed floor-to-ceiling white lacquer cabinetry, flexible use study/ 4th bedroom with sliding glass walls that when opened provides an uninterrupted area to the rear balcony creating a home completely open to its surrounds, study overlooking a double height living room with Ban designed white Corian desk, Shigeru Ban custom-designed kitchen with a cantilevered island with white Corian countertop and fully Integrated high-performance professional appliances, master bath featuring Bianco Dolomiti marble slab floor with white mosaic glass tile walls and Shigeru Ban custom designed white Corian vanity, Solid ¾" rift and quarter sawn 4½" white oak flooring throughout with radiant heat & Bosch washer and dryer. North and South exposures offer sweeping Hudson River & City Skyline/Empire State Building views. Other services include a 24 hour doorman/ concierge and large individual storage facilities.